The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GOES
Definition of GOES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of go
GO
verb
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GOES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GOES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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